Yeah, yeah... I love the camera that's for sure but I still love my sniper..

What you shooting at Blanding????

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I'm sorry this thread is way off topic, & I'm as guilty as any one.

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well thanxs for all the info. and good luck with that camera junkie

Good catch CamoJester.. Sorry about that Ghillie man. Let's get back on topic. Practice and knowing your Gat are tops in my book. Worry about tactics later...

I shoot a Sniper II. I love my pump. I work hard on my off hand shooted.

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good stuff guys, now all i gots to do is wait for this dawm thing to come in the mail and hopefullly ill see ya at domination, ill be the man in dressed in ghillie

Waiting for a new marker will kill you. On my last one I think I checked the tracking # 3 times a day. LOL & I had 2 day shipping.

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If you are just getting into pump play here are some do's, and don'ts:

1) DO Practice, Practice and Practice some more on aiming and hitting what you aim at. Go ahead beat up on that bird house in the back yard. (Pbjunkie knows about this ) Since Pbjunkie came over the the pump side he has practiced to the point he almost can not miss, now he is by far a better shot than I am and I've been doing this for over 17 years. The down side is the bird house has seen better days .

2) DO NOT get upset to begin with if you are eliminated alot and eliminate very few. Playing pump or Limited Paint takes a different mindset and it takes awhile to change that mind set.

3) DO look around, since you do not have "Fire Power" to hide behind you need to be aware of your surroundings. The military calls this "situational awareness", because you usually only get a chance to get a couple of shots off before return fire you need to know where your friends and enemies are and hopefully you see them first.

4) DO know your gun. Learn how it works, what you like about it, what you do not like, what to do for routine maitenance and it's limits. Nothing is worse then stalking and setting up a beautiful shot and then to not have your gun function as you expected.

5) DO buy the best paint that matches your gun. The better the match of paint quality and size the more likely you are to make accurate shots.

6) DO learn how to move through the playing field without drawing attention to yourself. This will help you set up those memoriable shots.

7) DON'T expect you can perform frontal assaults and win. You have limited means of responding to defensive fire. Pump or Limited paint play takes thought and planning/techiques to take on defending players. Use the angles, use movement and stealth.

8) DO Practice aiming and shooting some more. Most times you only get one chance to make one shot.

9) DO team up and practice with other players and work your opponents with coordinated teamwork. I know the mystique of being the "Lone Sniper" is aluring but really is not practical. Even military snipers work in teams. Team work is a force multiplier. I've done a lot of "Lone Wolfing" in my career and I rarely do better than 2 "kills" before I'm eliminated and I have a lot of experience at this. I "Lone Wolf" only when it will help my team by either drawing players off and objective or to gather intelligence for my team.

10) DO keep your equipment in tip top shape. If you know your equipment is going to function as you expect you can not spend more mental effort on out foxing your opponent.

11) PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE......

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"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."
-Sophocles

Thanks for the compliments Grendel. Just like anything else you do, practice makes you better at everything.

Couple of additional thoughts:

1. Limit what you carry. With a pump you don't need to carry much paint. I find that to be a big advantage (of course I'm not a small person) in the woods. I can slip through thicker woods quieter becuase I don't have equipment grabbing on to every tree branch. When I'm laying down crawling around in the woods, I can maintain a position longer without getting uncomfortable.

2. To elaborate on Grendels thoughts on situational awarness and not drawing attention to yourself I have found that simply "standing still" can be one of your biggest allies. The human instinct is too look for movement and when it's not there 9 times out of 10 they are not going to see you until it's too late.

3. Always have different barrel sizes, inserts, etc so that you can best fit your paint to the barrel. This elaborates on Grendel's #5 post. Also, when I come off the field for a break I check the paint to barrel match and adjust becuase we all know paint absorbs moisture and expands throughout the day.

4. Back to practice. I prefer to practice alone. This way I can relax and concentrate on the task at hand. I don't have interuptions and I always have left over paint from events, so there's always time for practice.

5. In the scenario environment always analyze the enemy and take out the most important individual in the group first (assuming your not trying to accomplish a mission which takes precedence). Since you may only have one shot before you are eliminated, hit them where it hurts first. For example, eliminate the General, Medic, Bazooka/Satchel charge carrier before you shoot at regular players. If in a teamwork type situation let the enemy advance enough so that the rest of your team can be affective in eliminating the enemy.

6. I always carry a jerk squeegie and I'll run it through my barrel throughout the day to keep it clean from dirt.

7. Choose a dark shelled paint whenever possible. I prefer a dark shell so that you can't see it coming however I won't sacrifice performance for this preference.

8. Patience is my biggest problem. Without having that stream of paint to guide you quickly you have to ensure the enemy is within range and you can make the shot before pulling the trigger. What I mean is, sometimes it's real hard to wait that extra momment because of the adreniline pumping through you but you find out after calling yourslef out time and time again that if you would have waited a bit longer the better your chances would have been..